Written questions
1,840 written questions tabled, most recent first.
15 Jul 2026 · Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether the Competition and Markets Authority has met with representatives of (a) Apple and (b) Google on the implementation of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (
14 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of NHS dental funding levels on the recruitment and retention of dentists providing NHS care.
14 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether additional recurrent funding will be provided alongside implementation of the proposed NHS dental contract reforms.
14 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Palantir
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the HL1033, 6 July 2026, how many times the audit trail for access to data on the National Data Integration Tenant has been reviewed or audited since its implementation, and what the ou
14 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for a list of models available of use on the NHS AI Platform, and the name of any intermediary entities between the NHS user and the model providers.
14 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services and Pharmacy: Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England's guidance entitled Preventing unlawful access to patient records, published on the 8th July applies to a) data held in General Practice, b) data accessed from pharmacies partic
9 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office: Freedom of Information
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to FOI2025/18430 and Internal Review IR2026/03033, concerning background papers relating to the meeting on 28 August 2019 attended by Boris Johnson, Peter Thiel and Dominic Cummings, what specific
9 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office
Palantir: Contracts
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2026 to Question 117973, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the (a) scale, (b) scope and (c) criticality of the services provided by Palantir with the servi
9 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on (a) the use of artificial intelligence tools within the Federated Data Platform and (b) any capabilities for (i) summarisation, (b) research, (c) inference,
8 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport
Delivery Services: Robots
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of autonomous robots on pavements on a) disabled people b) blind people c) those with a mobility aid d) those with a guide dog and e) wheelchair users.
8 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport
Delivery Services: Robots
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will introduce regulations on autonomous robots on pavements.
8 Jul 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Hydrogen: Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment has he made of the potential impact of the delay in publishing the UK hydrogen strategy on a) investment into the UK Hydrogen market and b) companies transitioning from gas to
8 Jul 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Hydrogen: Business
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps she is taking to support businesses reliant on gas that are unable to transition to electric, to support them moving to hydrogen.
8 Jul 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Hydrogen: Storage
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps she is taking to support the development of Hydrogen Storage.
8 Jul 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Intellectual Property Office: Patents
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to question 5167 on Patents: Disclosure of Information, what recent discussions the minister has had with major companies on the effectiveness of the IPO online search tool.
7 Jul 2026 · Home Office
Mobile Phones: Theft
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral evidence to the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee on 3 June 2025, HC 523, whether the Department plans to publish a written update on progress with actions relati
7 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who has custody over the encryption keys used to protect data held within the NHS Federated Data Platform and the Privacy Enhancing Technologies.
7 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office
Youth Mobility Scheme
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will consider the implementation of enabling powers within the European Partnership Bill to support a future UK-EU youth mobility scheme for young professionals.
7 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Parking: Private Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when the impact assessment for the statutory Private Parking Code of Practice will be completed; and what the maximum parking cap and debt recovery fee for motorists will be.
7 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Folic Acid
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to written question 11338 on Folic Acid, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the policy on prostate cancer rates and fetal death rates.
7 Jul 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
National Grid: Wind Power
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to increase grid capacity to enable a reduction in wind curtailment.
6 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Cadets
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to support the expansion of cadet forces through (a) funding of infrastructure, (b) adult volunteer recruitment and retention, and (c) new cadet activities and qualifications.
2 Jul 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Hydrogen: Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of time taken to publish a renewed Hydrogen Strategy on levels of investment in hydrogen.
1 Jul 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Solar Power: Electric Vehicles and Parking
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the response to the consultation entitled Solar on car parks and electric vehicle charging, what reasons the department has for it's response to Section 1.
1 Jul 2026 · Treasury
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 17 June 2026 to question 8227 on Members: Correspondence, when her Department plans to respond to the hon. Member for Newton Abbot on the correspondence sent on 21 April 2026 with case ref
30 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice
HMP Channings Wood: Prisoners' Release
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners convicted of sexual offences have been released from Channing's Wood prison under the early release scheme since July 2024.
30 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office
British Constitution
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a written constitution.
30 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Timber: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has engaged with international trading partners on equivalence and mutual recognition of timber treatment standards, particularly in relation to the (i) United S
30 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Timber: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the UK’s Sanitary and Phytosanitary regime on the cost and availability of imported timber products.
30 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Badgers: Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to introduce greater offenses for badger baiting.
Source: official written-questions record.